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In reply to the discussion: DU Men, please enlighten us. What makes men like Donald Trump treat women with such [View all]smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)14. Yes, he has to "Win" against men, and degrade women.
For some reason he thinks that is what makes him a man. It's funny because in the world I live in, the most respected men are gracious and kind toward both men and women and they are not only not looked at as weak, they are admired and respected.
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smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
OP
It has always been a question for me... Though most of these cretins purport to adore their mothers.
hlthe2b
Oct 2016
#1
Now there is a hole in the market. I would think that is a book that would sell very
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#66
Donald told Ivana "He can't be sexually attracted to a woman who has had children"
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#102
I don't know, I have never really been in one. I am sure they are filled with
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#17
Been in a lot of locker rooms over the years, never heard one guy brag about assaulting a women.
bluesbassman
Oct 2016
#52
Only weak people need to see other people as inferior to make themselves feel better.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#20
He is a cruel, spoiled rotten ass who thinks he is entitled to anything he wants
The Genealogist
Oct 2016
#6
I have know men with privileged lives who have been perfectly lovely. Something else must be going
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#8
I agree. I don't know what the DSM diagnosis is, but I am sure there is a label for him.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#85
I think you are right in saying that he is a truly unhappy, miserable person.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#73
You are right, he has always been enabled and nobody has ever challenged him.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#22
Back then people often sent their male children to military school to avoid reform school
Major Nikon
Oct 2016
#99
I guess he thinks it makes him look like more of a man, but it really does the opposite.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#32
A burning desire to compensate for his mother's dominance over him during his childhood.
Trust Buster
Oct 2016
#38
He is anything but an alpha male. First of all, the concept of alpha and beta males is so
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#55
Not really. Most women don't really have it out for men. There isn't this underlying contempt
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#72
Try a little expiriment for me. Go to any major new publication and read an article or
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#83
I suppose all men go through this at a certain age, but don't you think by the age of 70 one should
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#65
He's a raging narcissist who inherited something like 100 million dollars.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#71
An insanely privileged and entitled psychopathic narcissist in a shallow, misogynistic culture.
YoungDemCA
Oct 2016
#97